This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of ...

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17 because that's the day historians believed he died. The holiday wasn't always the way we see it today. It was once a solemn time in Ireland where bars ...

The history of Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, who is credited by myths with bringing Christianity to the Irish and driving the snakes out of Ireland. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of ...

Saint Cecilia is one of Rome’s most popular martyr saints, known for her ecstatic visions, communicating with God by singing, and convincing her husband to take a vow of chastity immediately after ...